Injured model sees her face for the first time

Lauren Scruggs, the Dallas-area model who was severely injured when she walked into an airplane propeller last weekend, has looked in a mirror for the first time since the accident, msnbc.com is reporting.

Lauren used a mirror to look at her face for the first time, her dad said. And her response showed promising signs that her old “spunk” was back.

“She looked and she said, ‘That’s not that bad,’” he told reporters. “So that was really encouraging. You know what, and she still has her beautiful smile.”

According to the Scruggs family’s blog, the 23-year-old patient is asking for brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes today, but hasn’t been able to eat them. Thursday, she walked again Thursday and talked about her dreams:

She walked again this morning, a little further than yesterday. After resting this afternoon, she woke up much more herself than we have yet to see, talking and laughing. (Sister) Brittany asked her if she had any dreams, and she told her, “I had a dream about big, beautiful flowers! And I said, thank you Lord, for letting me see such beautiful things!” Such a sweet blessing!

Today Scruggs, who lost her left hand in the accident, will have no visitors per doctors’ orders. Maybe she’s had a little too much excitement.

Wednesday, her parents, Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs, reported their daughter walked for the first time since Saturday’s accident and said her left eye remains “non-responsive.”